Daily Links 4/23/09: Comcast prepares for Court of Appeals Battle

Microsoft Reports a Miss With Net Earnings Down 32 Percent (TechCrunch)

IMS Health profit meets Street, revenue slips (Reuters)

SEI Reports First-Quarter 2009 Financial Results (PR Newswire via MSN Money)

Comcast To Argue Against FCC Re-Imposition of Cap On Cable Operators' National Reach
Says commission has failed to recognize "dramatic changes" in marketplace (Broadcasting & Cable)

Can Flash & Tru2way Coexist? (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

The Coming War Between Netflix And Comcast (Silicon Alley Insider)

Obama in credit card face-off
President to meet with execs to press his case for consumer protections - a day after House panel OKs bill limiting increases on rates and fees. (CNN Money)
Presumably, Vice President Biden, formerly "The Senator from MBNA", will be watching out for Delaware's interests on this one.

MoneyTree Report: Venture languishing (Philadelphia Business Journal Blog)

Facebook bid costs Phila. court aide (Philadelphia Daily News)

Philadelphia's New Green Bank, Ready for Business (Huffington Post)

Gannett Puts Its Acquisition Strategy To The Test With Digital Media Network (paidContent)

Market Outlook for Text Analytics (B Eye Network)

InfoLogix Selected by Gwinnett Medical Center to Transform Clinical Care Through Next-Generation Mobile Communications Solution (PR Newswire)

CSC Enhances EarlyResolution Default Management Solution
Company Adds Radian Guaranty's Eligibility Requirement Rules to Software (PR Newswire)

WHYY cites budget woes as it lays off 17 staffers
(Philadelphia Inquirer)

Dykstra's business: a bed of 'Nails' (ESPN)


Thomson Reuters Commemorates World IP Week with Series of Strategic Intellectual Property Seminars Across the U.S.
(PR Newswire)




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Daily Links 4/22/09: Defense Investigators Raid Siemens Medical

Gannett Announces Formation of The Gannett Digital Media Network
Digital Portfolio Offers Advertisers Unprecedented Combination of National Reach and Local Engagement (Business Wire)
I have been wondering, given Gannett's problems and debt load, whether its Conshohocken-based PointRoll subsidiary is essential to Gannett's strategy going forward or whether they should consider selling it. I guess this release indicates how Gannett sees PointRoll being important to their digital future. Still not sure they need to own it, though.

Defense investigators in Pa. raid Siemens Medical (Associated Press via Philly.com)
Pentagon searches U.S. offices of Siemens unit (Reuters)

More SAP customers adopting BPM tools despite the recession (SearchSAP.com)

Oracle-Sun Deal Promising For Database Start-Ups (Wall Street Journal: Venture Capital Dispatch)

Inquirer publisher calls for changes in law (Philadelphia Inquirer)

InTest laying off 25 (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Drexel Adopts Lecture Capture System (Campus Technology)

Interview: Setting the Pace in Bringing the Plant Together [Bentley Systems] (V1 Energy)

Industry Moves: Razorfish Vet Bob Lord Promoted To CEO; Kokich Becomes Chairman (paidContent)

E-commerce firm GSI closing Martinsville call center
GSI Commerce will eliminate 279 jobs at the facility, but will keep its fulfillment center open. (Roanoke Times)

Project Cavalry - In Philly and Beyond (Media Experiences 2 Go)

SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES Announces Major Capacity Agreement with DRS Technologies (Business Wire)

Congressman James Gerlach Visits EMS (Business
Wire)



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Daily Links 4/21/09: Could IBM/SAP Be Next?

Think Big! Could Sun/ORCL Trigger IBM/SAP Combo? (Barron's: Tech Trader Daily)

Element ID, Inc. Introduces Revolutionary New RFID Readers
Readers for Automated Applications Will Change the RFID Paradigm (Business Wire)

Kryptiq sells division to Portico Systems (Portland Business Journal)

NFL Network chief: No resolution in Comcast feud for 'months' (USA Today)

Canoe Prepares Interactive TV Ad Campaign (Contentinople)

Comcast Cable TV is Coming to Laptops This Year
Comcast's Fancast.com will host paid cable content free of charge for existing Comcast subscribers, beginning later this year, Comcast Exec says. (PC World)

Ametek cuts '09 earnings view, shares fall (Reuters)

Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners Raises $1.14 Billion for Private Markets Fund IV (Business Wire)

Invite Media’s Turner Discusses New Self-Service ‘Bid Manager’ for Display (AdExchanger.com)

Integrating GIS With SAP - The Imperative (Public Works.com)

Elemica Facilitates Connectivity With Road Carriers For BASF, Driving Inefficiencies Out of the Value Chain (PR Newswire)

Newark among best cities for business start-up
(UDaily)
That's Delaware, not New Jersey.

Verizon Offers TV Deals and Competition (GigaOM)

RCN Raises Rates, Adds 'Downgrade Fee'
Recession? Too bad. Here's a price hike and new fees (Broadband Reports)



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SevOne Gets Another Round

SevOne, the Newark, Delaware provider of network monitoring systems, has received an additional $2 million in venture financing, according to Dow Jones Venture Wire. The funding comes entirely from existing investors, including Osage Ventures and SunGard Data Systems founder John Ryan. It will be used to bring the Marketing function, which had been outsourced, in-house. SevOne previously raised a $1.5 million Series A round in September 2007.
SevOne's system is designed to capture absolute peaks in network traffic, rather than just data averaged over some time period. It appeals to customers managing very time-critical applications such as hospitals and financial services institutions. The comapny has over 100 customers, including Comcast Corp., Kohler Co., Alere Medical Inc., and three of the world's largest banks, and has been the recipient of several industry recognition awards.



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Oracle to Buy Sun for $7.4 Billion After IBM Withdraws Bid (Bloomberg)

Who wins, who loses in an Oracle-Sun deal? (Computerworld)
Shuttleworth: Oracle now largest open source player (ZDNet
Blogs)
For one thing, SAP is not going to be happy with Oracle controlling Java, I would guess.

Adobe's new Flash can stream Internet content to TVs
New development platform for TVs, set-top boxes and Blu-ray players is advancement for digital market (Network World)

As Costs Fall, Companies Push to Raise Internet Price (New York Times)

Verizon Expands Advanced, Remote DVR Management Service to More FiOS TV Customers
(PR Newswire)

Glaxo buys Stiefel Laboratories for $2.9 billion (Associated Press via Google News)

Health Market Science Raises $5.6 Million (PE Hub)

Motorika Announces New Financing Allowing An Expansion Into New Markets and New Product Development (Globe Newswire)

An interview with Ralph Roberts, Part 1 (Comcast Voices)

LiveTV Signs Agreement with EMS Formation for Rugged Data Storage
ToughDisk 3500 SATA to Provide Rugged Data Storage for LiveTV’s Video and Connectivity Servers (Business Wire)

AT&T to Manage SAP Applications for Wawa (PR Newswire)

PDS Celebrates 35th Anniversary (PR Newswire)

Allied Pixel Shoots Promotional Video for SunGard (Broadcast Newsroom)

Talking with Rob Schmults, CMO, Smart Destinations (Shop.org Blog)



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Adobe Extends Flash Platform to Digital Home
Silicon, OEM, Cable and Content Partners Embrace Adobe Flash Platform for Televisions, Set-Top Boxes and Blu-Ray Players
(Business Wire)

Philly Tech Events

ALJ Denied Comcast Motion To 'Disavow' NFL Network's Program Carriage Dispute
Operator Argued That FCC Trial, Case In New York Court Are Contradictory (Multichannel News)

Cable contest heats up in N.J (Cherry Hill Courier-Post)

Archer Group Helps Wawa Reach Facebook Fans with Fun and Function (Philly Ad Club)

Moto: KDDI Box Not an Android (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

GlaxoSmithKline nears $3 bln deal for Stiefel-WSJ (Reuters)

Center City online advertising startup Invite Media has unveiled its new website, which I take to mean that they are officially out of "stealth" mode.



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People News 4/19/09

National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Appoints Philadelphia Advisory Board Members (Business Wire)

NetPlus Marketing's CEO Robin Neifield Honored with "Best 50 Women" (Philly Ad Club)

Profile:Fred Graffam, Senior vice president of Comcast's Beltway region. (Washington Post)

Comcast veteran Ed Dunbar named SeaChange COO (Mass High Tech)

WorldGate Positioned for Growth with Announcement of Industry Luminaries to New Board of Directors and Senior Management Changes (Business Wire)

QVC appoints Kelly vp, home merchandising
(Home Textiles Today)

MTI Invests in Long-Term Financial Health
William Rymer Joins Company as Chief Financial Officer (Marketwire)

MedQuist Names Dominick J. Golio as Chief Financial Officer (PR Newswire)

World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia names Conlin president (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Ben Franklin Technology Partners announces Northeastern Pennsylvania Innovation Awards (Easton Express-Times)

MISI Company Names Bill Musman Vice President of Philadelphia Office (Company Press Release)



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Venture Capital Investment Sinks (New York Times)

Comcast's Roberts Testifies in NFL Network Carriage Trial
Updated: Comcast chairman says network's carriage on sports tier about money, not retaliation (Broadcasting & Cable)